£27,000 (Est: £25,000 - £30,000)
1960 Austin-Healey Sprite Supercharged - Anthony Hamilton Collection
Iconic Auctioneers • UK • 25 Jul 2026
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Highest 10% of Past Sales
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£27,000 (Est: £25,000 - £30,000)
1960 Austin-Healey Sprite Supercharged - Anthony Hamilton Collection
UK • 25 Jul 2026 • Lot 265
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1960 Austin-Healey Sprite 'Frogeye' features a rare Shorrock supercharger and has been meticulously restored to an exceptional standard. With only two previous owners and a comprehensive rebuild of the engine and supercharger, this car presents as potentially better than new.
Condition
10
The car has undergone a recent meticulous, in-house restoration to a remarkable standard. The original body was exceptionally sound, virtually every component has been checked or replaced, and the interior has been beautifully retrimmed. The description explicitly states that a brand new Sprite in 1960 would likely not have looked this good.
/ 10
5,220 miles
AN541113
RHD
United Kingdom
Manual
9206 DA
1960
Auction
£27,000 (Est: £25,000 - £30,000)
1960 Austin-Healey Sprite Supercharged - Anthony Hamilton Collection
Iconic Auctioneers • UK • 25 Jul 2026
Market Position:
Highest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
The Austin-Healey Sprite was conceived during the early months of 1956 at a meeting between Austin's Leonard Lord and Donald Healey, to fill a gap in the market left by the demise of the MG TD and TF Midgets, which had been replaced by the larger MG A.
The go-ahead was given for Donald Healey to design a small, inexpensive and fun sports car capable of filling the gap in the existing market.
The target was to produce a sports car for the price of a Morris Minor - around £600 at the time.
Primary responsibility for the project lay with Geoffrey Healey, son of Donald, with the chassis designed by Barry Bilbie and the body styled by Gerry Coker, the designer of the Austin Healey 100.
The design had to be simple and inexpensive to produce - and this was certainly achieved with the new Sprite which with its cheeky looks and smiley face rapidly became known as the 'Frogeye'.
This beautifully restored example was purchased new by Miss Elizabeth Anne Thompson on 7th July 1960 from Charles...
Price Analysis vs Other Sprite Mk Is
£1,260
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£12,994
Median Price (Since 2020)
£72,478
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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Previous Sprite Mk I Sales
MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 23rd Aug 2019
Latest MOT mileage:
3,070 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 24th Aug 2018, 3,070 miles
Passed
On 10th Jul 2017, 2,426 miles
Passed
On 6th Jul 2016, 1,449 miles
Passed
On 6th Jul 2015, 103 miles
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